Alright. Worst case, you vanish from here and go home, arriving back at the exact point you left like a spirit re-entering the body. You live your last milliseconds and you die as you were going to.
[ He doesn't hesitate to let it sink in, it's close enough to Eddie's personal theory that dwelling won't make it any better. Besides. It's the worst case, not the only case, and the faster they move on the faster he can get to the rest. ]
The only precedent I have is previous experience in an entirely different multiversal displacement situation. I can't speak to how accurate it'll be to the way things work here, but it's a possibility in the case of spontaneous disappearance, perhaps also voluntary return to your timeline. [ A realisation - ] Actually, somebody from my neck of the multiverse recently returned after disappearing. I haven't spoken to him about it, but you might want to reach out to him. I can put you in contact later.
[ exactly what he feared. eddie brings his thumb up to his mouth, chomping nervously on the nail. he doesn't want to die. didn't want to die. but its seeming more and more inevitable that he will. ]
So that's... worst case. [ a shaky exhale. those big brown eyes flick up to stephen's. ] Are we only working with worst case, like - the timelines trying to right themselves so we don't end up causing some kinda fucked up paradox by knocking our world off its intended axis?
[ Immediate, and definite, eye contact unwavering. ]
Timelines don't have course correct. There's no right ending that the universe will fight to see reached, only our collective actions and their consequences.
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[ He doesn't hesitate to let it sink in, it's close enough to Eddie's personal theory that dwelling won't make it any better. Besides. It's the worst case, not the only case, and the faster they move on the faster he can get to the rest. ]
The only precedent I have is previous experience in an entirely different multiversal displacement situation. I can't speak to how accurate it'll be to the way things work here, but it's a possibility in the case of spontaneous disappearance, perhaps also voluntary return to your timeline. [ A realisation - ] Actually, somebody from my neck of the multiverse recently returned after disappearing. I haven't spoken to him about it, but you might want to reach out to him. I can put you in contact later.
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[ exactly what he feared. eddie brings his thumb up to his mouth, chomping nervously on the nail. he doesn't want to die. didn't want to die. but its seeming more and more inevitable that he will. ]
So that's... worst case. [ a shaky exhale. those big brown eyes flick up to stephen's. ] Are we only working with worst case, like - the timelines trying to right themselves so we don't end up causing some kinda fucked up paradox by knocking our world off its intended axis?
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[ Immediate, and definite, eye contact unwavering. ]
Timelines don't have course correct. There's no right ending that the universe will fight to see reached, only our collective actions and their consequences.